An article in the October 5, 2012 Wall Street Journal reports that Japanese scientists have made mouse eggs capable of being fertilized.
The experiment completes a long-sought quest in reproductive biology: to make sperm and eggs in a lab dish. A year ago, the same core group of scientists at Kyoto University created healthy mouse sperm in the lab.
Twenty-somethings who postponed having babies because of the poor economy are still hesitant to jump into parenthood — an unexpected consequence that has dropped the USA's birthrate to its lowest point in 25 years as reoorted in USA Today.
The fertility rate is not expected to rebound for at least two years and could affect birthrates for years to …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
Until recently egg donation required that a …
Until recently all egg donation was done in a fresh IVF cycle which required both the donor and recipient to have their cycles suppressed over a lengthy period of time so that they will be in sync.
Now, thanks to technology that allows eggs to be frozen, frozen eggs are available which can be used in a much quicker …
Recent advances in technology have allowed frozen eggs to be more successful than ever. For years, the process of egg donation has relied on using donor eggs at the time of retrieval. But this could be quite difficult. It was necessary to synchronize the cycles of the donor and the recipient, and prospective parents incurred long wait times and large …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
According to a study reported at ASRM …
According to an article in the May 4th edition of the Los Angeles Times Asian egg donors are in such demand that they are being paid more than the fees that other ethnicities are getting.
Read the srticle and please comment on the ethics of this practice.…
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
As egg freezing becomes more widely available, …
RPMG's Dr. Arthur Wisot was featured on CNN on March 1 in a story about RPMG's Super Donor.
When egg donation first started and there was a limited supply of donors, Kathryn was in great demand. She was tall, beautiful, intelligent, a Playboy Playmate and got almost everyone pregnant. In total she donated ten times, nine at RPMG and once …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
Egg donation has been a clinical …